After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...

Let’s face it: For some of us, “math” can be a four-letter word. Math anxiety is all too real for folks in and out of school alike. For example, some frequent results for a recent Google search for ...

Jenny Quinn, executive director of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, shows off a solved Fibonacci sequence puzzle. (GeekWire Photo / Maddie Stoll) Jenny Quinn travels with math in her backpack. She ...

It’s the rare child who’ll choose an afternoon of math homework over a family vacation. That’s partly because of the negative way that we talk about and teach math, says Chris Emdin, a professor of ...

Google celebrated mathematics on November 12, 2025, with a special Doodle titled “Learning the Quadratic Equation,” highlighting the formula’s impact on science, technology, and everyday life. Scroll ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...